|}</div>{{tnr}}'''Pamela Althoff''' is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Illinois State Senate]]. Althoff has served in the Illinois Senate since 2003. Althoff was re-elected in November of 2006 with her term expiring in 2010. Before being a Senator, Althoff was the Mayor of the City of McHenry, a Northwest Chicago suburb from 2001 to 2003. Also, Althoff was the the City Clerk for the City of McHenry from 1994 to 2001.

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Althoff graduated from Illinois State with her Bachelor's degree and her Master's degree from Northeast Illinois.

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Althoff earned from her Bachelor's from Illinois State and her Master's from Northeast Illinois.

==Committee assignments==

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===2013-2014===

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At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Althoff served on the following committees:

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|Committee1 = Appropriations II

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|Committee2 = Committee of the Whole

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|Committee3 = Labor and Commerce

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|Committee4 = Licensed Activities and Pensions

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|Committee5 = Revenue

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|Committee6 = Transportation

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===2011-2012===

===2011-2012===

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In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Althoff has been appointed to these committees:

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In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Althoff served on these committees:

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Althoff served on these committees:

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In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Althoff served on these committees:<ref>[http://www.ilga.gov/senate/committees/default.asp "Illinois General Assembly" List of Illinois Senate Committees, July 28, 2009]</ref>

In 2009, Althoff co-sponsored [[Illinois Senate Bill 1555 (2009)|Senate Bill 1555]]. SB 1555 would alter the way that taxes are imposed in Special Service Areas throughout the state.<ref name=franks>[http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2009/06/17/r_movycqqaqvycuq23gwwbsq/index.xml ''Northwest Herald'', "Johnsburg residents question funding source for SSA appeal case", June 19, 2009]</ref>

In 2009, Althoff co-sponsored [[Illinois Senate Bill 1555 (2009)|Senate Bill 1555]]. SB 1555 would alter the way that taxes are imposed in Special Service Areas throughout the state.<ref name=franks>[http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2009/06/17/r_movycqqaqvycuq23gwwbsq/index.xml ''Northwest Herald'', "Johnsburg residents question funding source for SSA appeal case", June 19, 2009]</ref>

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Althoff's legislation would instead require the municipality that wants to impose the tax to hold a vote before they impose the tax, rather than putting the burden of collecting signatures on those who oppose the tax. According to co-sponsor [[Jack D. Franks]], SB 1555 "would require the people who are trying to raise taxes on the citizens to prove that 51 percent of the people want their taxes raised."<ref name=franks/>

Althoff's legislation would instead require the municipality that wants to impose the tax to hold a vote before they impose the tax, rather than putting the burden of collecting signatures on those who oppose the tax. According to co-sponsor [[Jack D. Franks]], SB 1555 "would require the people who are trying to raise taxes on the citizens to prove that 51 percent of the people want their taxes raised."<ref name=franks/>

Althoff is running for election to the [[Illinois State Senate elections, 2012|Illinois State Senate]] in District 36 in the [[State legislative elections, 2012|2012 election]]. Althoff is running unopposed in the Republican primary on March 20, 2012. The general election takes place on November 6, 2012.<ref>[http://www.elections.il.gov/InfoForCandidates.aspx ''Illinois State Board of Elections'' "Candidate List," December 5, 2011]</ref>

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Althoff won re-election in the [[State legislative elections, 2012|2012 election]] for [[Illinois State Senate elections, 2012|Illinois State Senate]] District 32. Althoff was unopposed in the Republican primary on March 20 and was unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012.<ref>[http://www.elections.il.gov/InfoForCandidates.aspx ''Illinois State Board of Elections'' "Candidate List," December 5, 2011]</ref><ref>[http://www.elections.il.gov/Downloads/ElectionInformation/VoteTotals/2012GPOfficialVote.pdf ''Illinois State Board of Elections,'' "Official 2012 Primary Results"]</ref><ref>[http://www.elections.il.gov/Downloads/ElectionInformation/VoteTotals/2012GEOfficialVote.pdf Illinois State Board of Elections, “Official Vote - November 6, 2012 General Election,” accessed December 31, 2012]</ref>

The Illinois Opportunity Project, "an independent research and public policy enterprise that promotes legislative solutions in advance of free markets and free minds," annually releases its '''Legislative Vote Card''', grading all members in both chambers of the [[Illinois General Assembly]] on the basis of their support of "pro-growth economic policies that increase personal freedom and reign in expansive government."<ref>[https://illinoisopportunity.org/the-project/ Illinois Opportunity Project, "The Project," accessed February 21, 2013]</ref><ref name="IOP">[http://illinoisopportunity.org/votecard/ Illinois Opportunity Project, Legislative Vote Card home page, accessed February 21, 2013]</ref>

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Althoff received a score of 85.71 out of 100 in 2012 for a grade of B according to the IOP’s grading scale. Her score was tied for the 17th highest among all 59 members of the [[Illinois State Senate]] included in the Vote Card.<ref name="IOP"/>

==Recent news==

==Recent news==

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Bond represents Illinois Senate District 32. District 32 includes McHenry County which is considered part of the Chicagoland region<ref>[http://www.ilchamber.org/Chamber_PAC/District_maps/legislative_dist_neil.pdf "Illinois Chamber of * [[Commerce Committee, Illinois State Senate]], Northeast Illinois Legislative District Maps, July 29, 2009]</ref>.

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Althoff is one of the members of a bipartisan group organized by the National Conference of Legislatures called the Task Force on Federal Deficit Reduction (TFFDR). Consisting of 23 state lawmakers from 17 states,<ref>[http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabID=305&tabs=1027,79,950#1027 ''National Conference of State Legislatures,'' "Task Force on Federal Deficit Reduction," accessed September 26, 2011]</ref> the group went to Capitol Hill on September 21, 2011 to urge the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to cut the nation's debt but not impose severe budget cuts on the states.

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TFFDR urged the Committee to consider new revenue as a possibility, instead of just focusing on budget cuts as House Speaker John Boehner has proposed. The group specifically proposed passage of the "Main Street Fairness Act," which would allow states to tax online retailers.<ref>[http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=601794 ''Stateline,'' "State legislators want revenue on table in debt talks," September 22, 2011]</ref>

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==Personal==

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Althoff resides in McHenry, Illinois.

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==External links==

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*[http://www.senatoralthoff.com/ Pamela Althoff's personal website]

*[http://www.senatoralthoff.com/ Pamela Althoff's personal website]

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* [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=97&MemberID=1695 Biography from the Illinois General Assembly]

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* [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=97&MemberID=1695 Biography, bills and committees] at the Illinois General Assembly

Issues

Tax legislation

In 2009, Althoff co-sponsored Senate Bill 1555. SB 1555 would alter the way that taxes are imposed in Special Service Areas throughout the state.[2]

Current state law allows municipalities to create special service areas, or SSAs. SSAs can generate funding to build infrastructure projects that are intended to benefit a geographical area that is less than borders of a municipality. This can include sewer projects, street repairs and so on.

Property owners located within an SSAs pay more on their property taxes for a set period (usually 20 years) until bonds issued to pay for the project are repaid. Residents can stop a town or county from imposing an SSA by collecting signatures on a petition from 51% of the area's property owners of record and 51% of the registered voters within the SSA.

Althoff's legislation would instead require the municipality that wants to impose the tax to hold a vote before they impose the tax, rather than putting the burden of collecting signatures on those who oppose the tax. According to co-sponsor Jack D. Franks, SB 1555 "would require the people who are trying to raise taxes on the citizens to prove that 51 percent of the people want their taxes raised."[2]

Elections

2012

Althoff won re-election in the 2012 election for Illinois State Senate District 32. Althoff was unopposed in the Republican primary on March 20 and was unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012.[4][5][6]

Illinois State Senate, District 32, General Election, 2012

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Pamela AlthoffIncumbent

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74,346

Total Votes

74,346

2008

On November 4, 2008, Republican Pamela Althoff won re-election to the Illinois State Senate District 32 receiving 93,855 votes.[7]

Illinois State Senate, District 32 (2008)

Candidates

Votes

Pamela Althoff (R)

93,855

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Althoff is available dating back to 2004. Based on available campaign finance records, Althoff raised a total of $1,707,810 during that time period. This information was last updated on July 17, 2013.[8]

Scorecards

Illinois Opportunity Project

The Illinois Opportunity Project, "an independent research and public policy enterprise that promotes legislative solutions in advance of free markets and free minds," annually releases its Legislative Vote Card, grading all members in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly on the basis of their support of "pro-growth economic policies that increase personal freedom and reign in expansive government."[9][10]

2012

Althoff received a score of 85.71 out of 100 in 2012 for a grade of B according to the IOP’s grading scale. Her score was tied for the 17th highest among all 59 members of the Illinois State Senate included in the Vote Card.[10]

Recent news

This section displays the most recent stories in a google news search for the term Pamela + Althoff + Illinois + Senate

All stories may not be relevant to this page due to the nature of the search engine.